Self-Care for Knitters: hands, skin and nails

by Hannah Gilly

April 21, 2020

Knitters hands are their most important commodity. we struggle if ever there's a problem with the skin or nails, the joints or muscles. So let's take care of them today. I've got multiple ways you can take care of your hands skin and nails daily, to support your knitting and help you knit for a lifetime. To subscribe to the Knit With Hannah YouTube channel click here For even more self-care tips here's the Yoga For Knitter's playlist, as mentioned in the video and this course, Intuitive Knitter, has a whole module about sustainable knitting, which includes videos on making sure your body can knit for a life-time, not react with pain and discomfort as you increase your knitting time and complexity.  

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